Chugunov Island () is a small ice-covered island, lying at the seaward extremity of the
Shackleton Ice Shelf
Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica from 95° E to 105° E. It extends for an along-shore distance of about , projecting seaward about in the western portion and in the east. It occu ...
, between the projections of
Denman Glacier
Denman Glacier is a glacier wide, descending north some , which debouches into the Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ...
and
Scott Glacier. It was mapped from aerial photos taken by
U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. It was rephotographed by the Soviet expedition of 1956 and later named for
N.A. Chugunov, an aerologist who lost his life in the Antarctic in 1958.
See also
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List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands
References
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Islands of Queen Mary Land
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